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Shock Value
Chapter 19 – Vengeance
No one's pov
So armed with two baseball bats and a flashlight, Tori and Andre headed for the Park theatre. They drove past the front first. There were boards on the doors and the place appeared to be abandoned. On the marquee, the words "Reopen ng So n" were visible. Obviously two of the letters had fallen off at some point.
They drove around the back to find the building behind it. It was an abandoned brick apartment building. It looked in even worse shape than the theatre did. Andre found a parking spot and turned to Tori."
"You ready chica?"
Tori was a bit nervous but nodded. "I'm ready."
Though nervous, Tori wanted to capture Beck and possibly dispense a bit of payback for hurting Jade. Though she wasn't sure exactly what she would do.
Looking around they found a back entrance of he apartment building that was unlocked. The whole building was dark and smelled of urine, mold and garbage. The walls were covered with graffiti and it appeared that the building may have been home to one or more squatters.
Tori did notice that one person with a spray can had a sense of humor. There was one apartment which had a particularly foul smell coming from it. On the door someone had spray painted the words "Free Cuddles" on the door.
As they reached the top of the stairs another graffiti writer had written their own unique solution to two very pressing social problems.
On the stairway wall it read in blood red paint.
"Fight crime and hunger. Use gang members as food"
Below that someone else added. "Crips go best with honey mustard sauce." The crips, was the name of one of LA's more notorious street gangs.
Both Tori and Andre passed the suggestion without making any comment.
The reached the roof and found the apartment building sat back to back with the theatre. They were easily able to cross over and make their way to the roof entrance to the theatre.
Andre pulled open the metal door revealing a set of steps running down into darkness.
Tori gripped her bat as Andre snapped on the flashlight.
"Let's do it." Andre said as he took the first steps down.
As they headed down the dark stairway, they quickly noticed someone else had been there. Footsteps could be made out in the dust. The emerged on the ground level in an old storage room, filled with old seats and tubs waiting to be filled with popcorn. From there they entered the lobby.
The lobby was not completely dark, a few lights were turned on. The once ornate lobby had fallen in to disrepair. Though it appeared that someone once was trying to fix the place up. The lobby itself had gold walls and faded pictures of long lost movie idols, such as Gene Harlow.
Andre and Tori stood quietly in the lobby and listened.
"I don't hear anything." Tori said.
Andre pointed to a door marked "Employee's only." That probably leads to the projection booth. Lets check that first. The crept up to the dark projection booth where two ancient film projectors sat quietly.
In the booth they noticed the house lights were on in the auditorium itself. Tori went to the booth window and looked down. She looked just in time to see someone move behind the screen on the stage.
"Someone's here. He went behind the screen." Tori said quietly.
Andre appeared to think for a moment. "I remember this place used to have vaudeville shows and plays in the old days. I think in the back they have dressing rooms for the performers."
With a growing sense of anticipation they crept back downstairs and cautiously entered the auditorium. No one was present but they could faintly hear music coming from the back. As the walked quietly to the stage they noticed what appeared to be bags of potting soil sitting on it. They appeared to be new.
"What the fuck?" Andre said.
Tori thought of Jade in the hospital and with a sense of anger growing in her took the lead and went on stage. They crept behind the screen to find a surprise.
On several large tables were long boxes of soil and grow lamps. Already small plants were emerging from the soil in several places.
Andre shook his head. "That fucker is growing weed."
Looking towards the back there was doors on the left and the right. They could still hear music but wasn't sure where it was coming from.
"I'll take the left and you take the right." Tori said as she gathered her courage.
"Are you sure?" Andre said.
Tori nodded and headed to the left door. It was only then did Tori consider the fact that Jade would not be pleased to think that she had gone after Beck
"Oh well" She went into the back and noticed the music was getting louder. She passed in a corridor what appeared to have once been dressing rooms. They were dark and full of dust and junk. Following down a corridor she went down a flight of stairs and noticed a light at the end of a hallway.
Tori held up her bat and slowly walked down the corridor. The music was coming from the room ahead.
Suddenly there was a loud crash as Tori inadvertently knocked over a stack of boxes.
"Shit" Tori cursed as she suddenly rushed the room.
Tori entered, bat in hand, what appeared to be a makeshift bedroom. Just as she entered she saw Beck standing there looking really surprised. He took one look at the baseball bat in Tori's hand and took off through another door.
Just the sight of Beck made Tori's blood boil. He had attacked her in the bathroom and put Jade in the hospital.
"Come back here, you fucking pussy" Tori screamed, as she tore after him.
She followed him down a dimly lit corridor and through a storage room. Meanwhile Tori continued to hurl taunts at Beck.
"I'm shoving this bat up your ass beck. It'll make your asshole nice and big for when you get raped in the prison shower."
She followed him up a set of stairs and after going down another hallway emerged back onto the stage. As Tori followed Beck, she could see Andre get in front of him. Andre quickly blocked his way from going down one of the two theatre aisles. Beck quickly dashed to the other side of the stage, but Tori got to him.
She swung her bat low, clipping the side of his knee. Beck quickly crashed to the floor tumbling down the stairs into the theatre aisle. Enraged Tori flew down the stairs, and swung her bat a second time. Beck held up his arm in defence, in front of him. But Tori bashed it aside with her bat. His arm immediately broke, causing the Canadian to howl in pain.
"How does it feel to get the shit kicked out of you?" Tori said as she kicked the prone Beck in the nuts. He screamed in agony and quickly pulled into a fetal position.
She raised the bat over her head, looking very much like she was going to bash his skull.
"Please don't hurt me." He whimpered, while holding his now broken arm.
Andre feared for a moment, that Tori was about to go too far. Just as he was about to say something to stop her, Tori froze with the bat held high for the killing blow.
After a moment, Tori just screamed at the top of her lungs and threw the bat across the empty theatre.
"I'm better than you." Tori fumed. "You're lucky I only broke your arm. You even look at Jade again, I'm going to beat you to death. I don't fucking care if you still want her. JADE'S MINE AND DON'T YOU FUCKING FORGET IT!"
Andre stood there stunned, as Tori finished her rage. "You want me to call the cops now?"
Tori sat down and one of the seats and put her head in her hands. "Yeah."
2 hours later Tori walked into Jade's room. Jade turned off the TV she was watching and turned to see Tori. Jade noticed that Tori looked a bit upset.
"What's wrong? I thought you'd be here hours ago." Jade said.
Wordlessly, Tori put down her bag and sat in the chair next to Jade. Tori then intertwined her finger's with Jades. A single tear ran down Tori's face.
"I'm supposed to be a good person, for a second I wanted to bash his skull in. I would have been just as bad as him." She said sadly.
Jade opened her mouth in shock. After a few seconds she asked. "What happened Tori? Did you go after Beck?"
Tori nodded. "Me and Andre. I broke his arm. When I saw him, something in me just snapped. I chased him down. I had knocked him to ground and broke his arm. For a second, I was about to bring the bat right down on his head."
"Tori, please tell me you didn't."
"No. But I was just so mad. He hurt me and he hurt you. Actually it was the thought of losing you that stopped me. I'm not supposed to be that way. I didn't know what I was going to do when I finally found him. I wanted to dispense some justice but, I found myself repulsed by what I was about to do. I'm sorry Jade."
Jade leaned over and Kissed Tori on the cheek. Jade was a bit angry with Tori for acting stupidly but realized it wasn't the time to yell at her. Tori felt bad enough as is, Jade thought.
"I assume he's under arrest now."
Tori nodded. "Yes, for assaulting you and the little pot farm he had going at the theatre."
"Pot Farm, What?" Jade said with astonishment.
"He had a decent sized pot farm, it was just getting started. "
"Come on Baby, Lie with me on the bed." Jade said, as she patted the empty space next to her.
Tori sighed and crawled onto the bed, snuggling next to Jade. There, Jade began to gently stroke the upset Latina's hair.
"You're nothing like him Tori and that's why I love you." Jade said softly.
"And you're nothing like anyone else and that's why I love you Jade."
I think maybe 1 or 2 more chapters to go before I wrap this story up. I hope you liked the chapter.